Post by garyc on Nov 29, 2016 21:29:38 GMT
I've been listening to HD598cs for two days now, and have no complaints. It's a bit bright, but for use on conference calls, I think that's a benefit. The bass is a little lacking, but not non-existent. It certainly is not to the level of a modded T50rp (Paradox) or the HD662-EVO, and is closer to my HD580s.
Since I do now enjoy the bass on my EVOs then perhaps the HD598Cs are not for me. Maybe the DT770s at a not too dissimilar price (see below) are, especially with velour pads which seem to be my 'thing' at the moment.
They are incredibly comfortable. The headphone is light and well constructed, and the pads feel like a firm memory foam -- much firmer than the HM5 pads for example. The material is somewhat hard to describe. It feels sort of like a cross betweeen a microfibre and pleather. Not quite sure how to describe it. They do not seem make my ears feel overly warm.
The comfort aspect was the big reason I was drawn to them, as if they were anything like my HD555s they should be extremely comfortable, the velour pads are so nice and give no sweating or burning ears. When I read they were not velour I was immediately put off, but they don't sound as though they are too bad.
However, Ian's mention of the DT770s in this thread made me look again at them (they have been on my list of 'must tries' for a while)- I saw them for £96 for the 250 ohm versions. But now I'm totally bemused by the pricing on Amazon - they are now sitting at £106 (same price as Thomann), with no record of the lower price on camelcamelcamel.
(And the 598Cs are £145 - clearly the previous 199 is just a fictitious price to give the impression of a big reduction...).